For all the self-righteous thunder the left produced we see, once again, that Bush was right. And once again, we see all this moral indignation about the trials, Valerie Plame, Gitmo, etc. was nothing more than a raw effort to leverage political power by cursing Bush/Republicans and making Democrats look like sainted knights.
It was all political theatre with the corrupt MSM actively participating.

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posted on 03/07/2011 12:09:59 PM PST
by Obadiah
(If you were going to shoot a mime, would you use a silencer?)

Wait did not he say that Guantanamo would be closed in 1 year. Also that the prisoners had a right to a civilian trial. now another Executive Order ordering the trials to resume because the would reduce terrorism.

Terrorism not man caused disasters. Has the Executive Order been written regarding the Riules Of Engagement been changed too.

The president has no understanding what it is like to be in battle, or does not have the understanding of a building laying on top of him when the terrorist do blow up the building.

I wish I had it in my power to issue an Executive Order to Obama. ‘Be Quiet, step away from the golf course and get your head out of your butt and get real idiot. Stuff your Executive Orders in your Golf Bag. The Constitution is the Rule of Law. You so called law school graduate have no understanding of the US Constitution. Do America a favor RESIGN, and take your butt ugly wife and two daughters with you. When resigining tell Joe Biden to do the same. The American public we will allow a one way ticket to the country of your choice and you are allowed one suitcase of clothing, no money to leave the country and you will have to get a job, which country you decide to go to. No access to public funds nor Secret Service, you will be at the mercy of the country you settle in. You return to the US at anytime you will be arrested and incarcerated. Executive Immunity be hanged because you have no understanding of the founding of America. Go leave immediately.’

I intend to close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that. I have said repeatedly that America doesn’t torture. And I’m gonna make sure that we don’t torture. Those are part and parcel of an effort to regain America’s moral stature in the world. ~ Barack Obama (On CBS 60 Minutes, November 16, 2008)

To overcome extremism, we must also be vigilant in upholding the values our troops defend  because there is no force in the world more powerful than the example of America. That is why I have ordered the closing of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, and will seek swift and certain justice for captured terrorists  because living our values doesnt make us weaker, it makes us safer and it makes us stronger. ~ BARACK OBAMA (Address to Joint Session of Congress, Feb. 24, 2009)

“There are no neat or easy answers here,” Obama said in a speech in which he pledged anew to clean up what he said was “quite simply a mess, a misguided experiment” at Guantanamo that he had inherited from the Bush administration.

“So the record is clear: Rather than keeping us safer, the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security. It is a rallying cry for our enemies.”

“That’s why, in the United States, we recently ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed. That’s why we prohibited—without exception or equivocation—the use of torture. All of us have to change. And sometimes change is hard.”

“In other words, we went off course. And this is not my assessment alone. It was an assessment that was shared by the American people who nominated candidates for President from both major parties who, despite our many differences, called for a new approach—one that rejected torture and one that recognized the imperative of closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay.”

“In fact, part of the rationale for establishing Guantanamo in the first place was the misplaced notion that a prison there would be beyond the law—a proposition that the Supreme Court soundly rejected. Meanwhile, instead of serving as a tool to counter terrorism, Guantanamo became a symbol that helped al Qaeda recruit terrorists to its cause. Indeed, the existence of Guantanamo likely created more terrorists around the world than it ever detained.”

the tribunals are an "important tool in combating international terrorists."

Oh please, we're the only country in the world that gets hit by a war-scale terrorist attack, grabs the operational mastermind, and then can't manage to try him for almost 10 years even though he wanted to plead guilty and be put to death. Justice delayed is justice denied, and it's been denied to every American.

THIS:Duhhhhhhhh, it took the Idiot-In Chief 2 1/2 years to figure it out ??”
Will also not be reported.

Every GOP POl and all of us on FR understood the pos 0dumbo would NOT be able to close the prison at Gitmo down.
I still can’t believe odumbo got such a pass from the media
No one asked him how he would do it or where he would send the terrorists who were at Gitmo.

The terrorists OTOH complained when various countries were suggested as places to send them. They know how good they have it

I think that someone in the White House who actually did the work to get their law degree said:

"No civilian court is going to do anything but dismiss every case against these terrorists, considering that you've imprisoned them overseas for years with no swift and speedy trial they're Constitutionally entitled to. Only thing you can do now is let the Marines convict them and send them to the dungeon, Mr. President."

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